Tag Archives: Sunshine Law

While allowing a lawsuit filed against the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) to proceed, a federal judge in New Jersey dismissed claims filed under state sunshine laws because the Pennsylvania legislature has not acted to apply its statute to the Continue Reading →

This is a real life example of what can be at stake, as the public is denied the right to a voice. Here’s a perfect example of public reaction when a government agency exercises its right NOT to open a Continue Reading →

On October 13, 2017, Mercer County Judge Mary Jacobson issued injunctions requiring Open Public Meetings Act compliance by both the Public and Charter Schools in Princeton, New Jersey. Judge Jacobson also pointed out the irony of one board violating OPMA Continue Reading →

The Appellate Division on August 18 reversed a lower court ruling that required the Midland Park School Board to provide more documentation with its meeting agendas. The upper court said the outdated OPMA law did not require it but called Continue Reading →

NUTLEY, NJ — Just prior to the start of the July 1 Planning Board meeting in Nutley Township, Board attorney Barry Kozyra told Township resident Pennie Landry, who had a camera set up and running, that she couldn’t video-record the Continue Reading →

Meeting sequencing – going in and out of open & closed sessions at a public meeting – is not uncommon, but is it fair? A 2.5-hour closed session at the April 29, 2015 Montague Township school board meeting resulted in Continue Reading →